The risen Christ rises from the tomb in white, one arm lifted, holding a banner with a cross. Angels kneel at the bottom corners, and palms frame the scene.
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Other masters in room 64, He Is Risen:
Carl Bloch
The Resurrection, 1877
Altarpiece
Altarpiece, Sankt Jakobs Kirke, Østerbro, Copenhagen
Carl Bloch
The Resurrection of Christ, 1881
Etching, 18.1 × 13.2 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKSgb13129)
Bernhard Plockhorst
The Resurrection (altarpiece), c. 1893
Oil, in a carved altar
Immanuelkirche, Berlin
James Tissot
The Angel Seated on the Stone of the Tomb, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.330)
Alexander Ivanov
The Angel Rolls Away the Stone, late 1840s–1858
Watercolor and pencil on paper (Biblical Sketches)
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
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Image: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
